CHARLOTTE, Mich. (WILX) - On Friday, the Eaton County Board of Commissioners held a “Special Budget Meeting” as the board looked to finalize its recommended cuts and reductions.

The Barry-Eaton District Health Department funding was approved at almost $450,000, a decrease of 50%. Meanwhile law enforcement saw cuts to services, coming out of county road patrols, which County Sheriff Tom Reich said, “are needed.”

Also seeing cuts, was funding for Clinton-Eaton-Ingham Community Mental Health.

At the end of July, the Eaton County Board of Commissioners proposed a 100% cut of Clinton-Eaton-Ingham Community Mental Health. However, state law doesn’t allow mental health to go completely defunded.

“We knew that we had to supply a minimum to community mental health,” Chairman Jim Mott said. “If

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